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Marlborough Express, Volume XLII, Issue 90, 15 April 1908, Page 8

To-day s weather report shows that the is palm all over' the Dominion The sea is marked smooth" all down the coast, and the rivers are generally low,' with the exception of the river at Clyde which is rising. Cape Maria van Diernen has the highest temperature, the reading there being 66. Blenheim, with 62, strikes an average. n?W\l S A Owest with 61 > and Bluff with 53 next. The firebelk peaied an alarm at a quarter past eleven last night. The cause was an outbreak of fire in a detached tin shed at the rear of the farmers' Co-operative Association's retail store in Grove Road. The fire was soon extinguished, and no damage was done. A very old rodent passed away at Wakefield, Nelson, on Saturday last in the person of, Mr George Buckman. He had attained the age of 97 years. , , "*On thieve of his marriage, which took place late this afternoom Mr V\ m Lucas, wMd had occupied the position of storeman for the New Zealand Loan and, Mercantile Agency , °i *< i ' for over ten years, was last night presented by the other members of the staff with a silver cake-dish as a token of their esteem In the unavoidable absence bf the manager (Mr J. Reid), the presentation was, made'by Mr W. Canavan, who referred to the faithful service ot the recipient under all circumstances^ Mi Lucas, suitably responded. Jf J? v.are troubled with Dyspepsia, vV*"cl\.£i veS its victims ho rest day' and night, 'and causes pains in the stomach and bowels, headache,, dizziness, loss of appetite, constipation,, etc., take a course of Chamberlain's •tablets; they will stimulate thblivof ■ and bowels to perform their work naturally and gently, and strengthen the digestive organs. For sale by J. Kenning, Blenheim, and W. Symes Picton. •' < A belated Parliamentary return shows that the total number of persons who passed through the gates ?* , ™. c. New- Zealand International Exhibition;, including 9238 persons who attended the Seddpn memorial concert held therein on Sunday, 3rd March, 1907, was . 1,967,632, The number who entered the Exhibition as paying visitors, not including season ticket holders, was 983,621. The number of season tickets sold and issued was 8123. No record was kept ot persons, permitted to enter without payment, except the record at the season ticket holders' gates, which snowed a total admittance through these gates of 984,011, including exhibitors, their attendants, and all other persons having free passes. This gives an average attendance per season ticket of about five per week. AU the classes at the teachers' training school are. going on regularry, and there are nearly 100 teachers present. The exhibits of school work in the Technical School continue to attract the interest not only of the teachers but a considerTV° nUVvf °/ Q the ™tside public. The exhibit of S. and W. Mackay (readers) will be closed to-morrow. S* A l P ay & ,the Technical bchool has been added a collection of native woods, duly named, forwarded by the Onamalutu school, while the medals carried off at the recent Exhibition by theNpupils of the Fairhall school are also on view. Mr Hogben Inspector-General of Schools, is expected to arrive to-night, and tomorrow will lecture on what he saw ot educational means and methods during his recent world tour.

A New Zealand mirier now in Tierra del Fuego (Mr John Werner, formerly of Lowburn, Otago) states that he believes if a rush of miners could set towards that country as they did towards Victoria and Otago in the old days, there would be a number of fields opened up and "things would hum. Tierra del Fuego is an island about the size of Otago, Southland, and half of Canterbury.

George Andrews, Rochester, Vie, writes:—"My occupation of a rabbit trapper obliges me to be out at night attending to the traps, and while so T£ ng + . contracted a severe cold. After trying other cough mixtures on .he -market, I was recommends to give Chamberlain's Cough Remedy a *«rf +h g w +l me imme(ii a te, relief, and three bottles completely cured me... 1 can with every confidpnoo recommend Chamberlain's CoS Remedy to anybody having a cough or cold." For sale by J. Benning, Blenheim, and W. Svm«. Pictnn. *